issue for
Christians of the resurrection of Jesus .
Resources: Of
the voluminous literature on the subject we particularly recommend Keith Ward s
1990 study Divine Action. The exploration has been taken forward by four collections of

of miracle ; and the
resurrection of Jesus .
Arthur Peacocke is very little disposed to
accept the virginal conception of Jesus. In a careful analysis he points out
how strange it would be if Gods action in the world amounted in

elsewhere. No one expects a resurrection of the Nazi
nightmare; yet some critics fear a subtle form of eugenics slipping
in the cultural "back door." The growing power to control the design of living tissue will
foster the emergence of

doctrine is flawed:
The resurrection of Jesus parallels 'the fall' of Adam which occurred in the
Garden of Eden. If there was no historical Adam or Eden in which animals
did not compete for food, this is a problem for Christian theology.

intelligibility of the resurrection and eschatology in light of physics and
cosmology .
Russells essay includes an
appendix on philosophical problems in quantum mechanics, including a proposed
architecture of philosophical

of the Sea
of Reeds and the resurrection , as well as daily divine-human interaction, in
prayer for example. Thus God acts as a
personal agent, possessed of intellect and will.
With this as background,
Alston proceeds to the main